Tea... it's what's for dinner

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The evil of the world is made possible by nothing but the sanction you give it.
- Ayn Rand

Why file when you claim 7 dependents

Audit finds thousands of Oregon tax evaders

An audit by the Oregon secretary of state’s office says thousands of Oregon workers get away without paying state taxes because officials don’t do enough to identify them. The audit released Monday faults the state’s main tax collectors for not matching federal tax data with state tax rolls

Let's list some reasons why someone might not pay their state income taxes:

1. They don't have a social security number.
2. They aren't working legally.
3. They have no respect for our laws.

It amazes me that we talk about how many illegal aliens are working in this state and then when an article like this comes around the intrepid reporters don't think to make the connection.

It's another one of those conundrums where you illegal alien supporters can't give a good answer to the question: Do people who aren't working legally file their income taxes?

If the answer is no then we have the above situation. If the answer is yes then the first follow up question is "why" and the second follow up question is "whose social security number did they steal to do it?"

Does anyone think that illegals feel some civic duty to give more of their ill-gotten gains to the state by filing taxes?

Saying what they really mean

The video speaks for itself. Union elites act no different than any other elites: better than us peons who live to make sure that they are comfortable.

Looking over his shoulder... into a news camera

Carlos had some scumbag parents to put him in this situation. But we are a nation of laws and they need to apply equally regardless of how sympathetic the news can make your story out to be.

If the laws don't apply just because the ethnic hustlers in congress share the same skin color as you then we have become a nation of men.

A legal discussion

There was a lot of talk yesterday (on Lars Larson) about Sgt. Kyle Nice displaying his weapon during a "road rage" incident.

Here is my take: we are a nation of laws. The police have to follow the same laws that we do. We should be treated the same when it comes to violations of the law.

So here is the law:

163.190 Menacing. (1) A person commits the crime of menacing if by word or conduct the person intentionally attempts to place another person in fear of imminent serious physical injury.

166.190 Pointing firearm at another; courts having jurisdiction over offense. Any person over the age of 12 years who, with or without malice, purposely points or aims any loaded or empty pistol, gun, revolver or other firearm, at or toward any other person within range of the firearm, except in self-defense, shall be fined upon conviction in any sum not less than $10 nor more than $500, or be imprisoned in the county jail not less than 10 days nor more than six months, or both. Justice courts have jurisdiction concurrent with the circuit court of the trial of violations of this section. When any person is charged before a justice court with violation of this section, the court shall, upon motion of the district attorney, at any time before trial, act as a committing magistrate, and if probable cause be established, hold such person to the grand jury.

That's it. Prove intent on the menacing or you have nothing. There is NO LAW regarding brandishing or displaying your firearm. You are free to open carry in this state and you are free to handle your firearm as long as you don't point it at someone or have the intent to cause someone fear of imminent serious physical injury or death.

With that being said, I have no doubt that a non-government employee would have been treated differently in the same situation. Where I differ from the majority of opinions on the radio yesterday is that I'm not arguing for the officer to be punished, I'm arguing that us lowly citizens should be left alone when we don't break the law.

NOTE: I am not an attorney and you should never take legal advice from anyone on the internet. If you are interested in understanding Oregon's laws regarding to firearms please please please read the book UNDERSTANDING OREGON'S GUN LAWS.

And good riddance

Clackamas jail pioneers system to identify illegal immigrants

Federal immigration authorities activated a new information-sharing system this week at the Clackamas County Jail, making it easier for deputies to identify criminal suspects who are in the country illegally.

The system, developed by the U.S. Departments of Justice and Homeland Security, uses fingerprints, photos and biographical information. It will be extended to other Oregon counties in coming months as part of the U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement Secure Communities initiative.

Since its launch in October 2008, ICE's Secure Communities initiative has identified more than 18,800 aliens nationwide charged with or convicted of Level 1 crimes, such as murder, rape and kidnapping. More than 4,000 of those have been deported.

ICE also has removed more than 25,000 foreign nationals charged with or convicted of Level 2 and 3 crimes, including burglary and property crimes.

I will wait patiently for the outcry from illegal alien apologists who claim that they only want to "keep families together" yet somehow oppose common sense ideas such as weeding out the worst of the worst to make sure that they get deported.

Why don't the groups that push amnesty applaud actions to rid our country of the scumbags who make the rest of the illegal alien population look worse than they already do? They could release a statement saying that "we support the idea of Juan stealing your job and your social security number but the minute he gets a DUI we want him gone!"

While I'm waiting for that statement we can at least rest easier knowing that an illegal alien who gets caught driving drunk will now be deported rather than released to kill American citizens.

Fat people to consider eating

Portland School Board To Consider Support For Measure 68

An Oregon measure aimed at making it easier to pay for new school buildings goes before the Portland school board Monday.

Portland district staff have recommended board members support Ballot Measure 68 at their meeting tonight.

But it’ll be up to voters across Oregon to approve or reject the constitutional amendment, in May. 
 
The measure would allow the Oregon legislature to issue bonds to match voter-approved school district construction bonds. The state’s involvement would be new.

It's never enough. I would love to have a reporter ask the public school teacher's "what per pupil funding is enough to do the job." We all know the answer: "how much will you give us."

During this election cycle ask your local candidate "how much is needed." Get a real dollar figure. No one will ever give one because then they wouldn't be able to ask for more.

Thursday night ramblings

Couldn't states save money by not funding college educations for women? I mean, does it really take four years of school to learn how to use a dishwasher and make a sandwich?

I've realized that my ammunition habit needs a more stable funding source.

People who want government to take care of them should just go back to living at home with their parents instead of bothering the rest of us.

Why is it that the photo on Causa's website hide everyone's face? Are they afraid of something?

The only thing that sounds more fun than going to a woman's rights convention and making a whole bunch of "that's what she said" jokes would be going to a PETA meeting and clubbing a baby seal to death.

You can sign up for the Oregon Health Plan lottery to get your "universal care" in this state. I'm looking forward to the day when we crowd into coliseums and give a thumbs up or thumbs down to your hip replacement surgery.

The federal government controls how much water is in your toilet.

DHS is currently hiring a Diversity Development Manager. For a salary of $5,151.00 - $7,585.00 monthly we will probably get some humorless lesbian who only smiles at the thought of a teenage abortion.

What will they think of next? The cotton gin?

Researchers say stemless cherries would save money

Researchers from Washington State, Oregon State and Michigan State universities are in the second year of a four-year project to develop a mechanical harvester that could not only save growers money on harvest costs, but also remove stems from the cherries. The stems sometimes dent the fruit as it's shipped.

Gasp, America is going to innovate to become more productive and efficient? The writing is on the wall for illegal aliens to lose more of their stolen jobs while engineers, fabricators and operators will take over.

If we ended the slave labor source that is illegal aliens then this positive change would come about that much sooner.

If you love it so much, why don't you marry it?

Again, why do you fly the flag of the dunghole that you just left? Even after you are told to pretend that you like this country you can't help yourselves. I mean, you all could be featured on those "stupid criminals" shows.

[imagine the voice]
Hi, I'm Sheriff John Bunnel and what you are about to see will shock you. These criminals are here to steal from Americans, commit identity theft and generally engange in a culture of crime. Amazingly, one political party wants to reward them with amnesty but these illegals can't seem to follow the simple instructions to keep public opinion from turning against them.

How stimulating

State jobs listings posted today 3/24

Eligibility Worker/Bilingual: English/Spanish

Receptionist/Screener/Bilingual: English/Spanish

Child Welfare Caseworker/Bilingual: English/Spanish

Child Welfare Caseworker/Bilingual: English/Spanish

How do you say "thank goodness for Measure 66/67" in Spanish? These are just one day's worth of state workers who have the job of catering to illegal aliens.

But it's Christmas for the sheeple

Nothing to see here folks. Move along. Don't question. Sure they use the word "control" a lot but they are just looking out for us. The insurance industry needs to be controlled. The financial industry needs to be controlled. Any industry that emits carbon needs to be controlled.

And certainly any individual who might make choices that are contrary to the central plan created by Washington DC need to be controlled. Don't drive that vehicle. Don't eat that food. Don't smoke in that bar. Don't build that suburban neighborhood.

Nothing to see here folks. Move along.

New healthcare recipients on the march

I'm thinking about dropping my health insurance

The federal government is out of control. They do not have constitutional authority to require all Americans to buy a product/service.

Congress is about to pass an unconstitutional law

My Healthcare Plan
by Ann Coulter

It's a one-page bill creating a free market in health insurance. Let's all pause here for a moment so liberals can Google the term "free market."

In the first sentence, Congress will amend the McCarran-Ferguson Act to allow interstate competition in health insurance.

We can't have a free market in health insurance until Congress eliminates the antitrust exemption protecting health insurance companies from competition. If Democrats really wanted to punish insurance companies, which they manifestly do not, they'd make insurers compete.

Instead of insurance companies jumping to the tune of politicians bought by health-care lobbyists, they would jump to tune of hundreds of millions of Americans buying health insurance on the free market.

Go read the whole thing. Keep calling your "representatives" and get ready to have government workers practice preventative medicine on you.

NOTE: The "this mailbox is full" situation is worse than during the last amnesty attempt. It's hard to get through to these people.

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You don't say

Rampant Medical Marijuana Abuse attracting drug trafficking to Southern Oregon
Not only is Oregon one of the top seven Marijuana producing states, according to the Oregon Employer Drug-Free Initiative, but the state leads the nation in virtually every measure of substance abuse.


O.S.P. say they see more Marijuana trafficking linked to Southern Oregon, then any other region in the state, mainly due to the ambiguity and abuse stemmed from the Oregon Medical Marijuana Act, which passed over ten years ago.

The number one medical condition claimed by medical marijuana applicants is "severe pain" with 23,346 patients. The much ballyhooed glaucoma has 404 patients. Way to be fooled Oregon voters.

He's teaching your kids

Food, water should be free for all
Mohamed Jemmali University instructor

Like air, water, food and electricity can now be free. No more water or electric bills. Free trips to the grocery store. No more deaths and suffering due to poverty and famine. No more work is necessary once you own a home and a vehicle. No more crimes due to hunger and unemployment. Why aren’t we living in this world?

Really? This article reads like it was written by an idealistic 3rd grader not someone who is teaching at the University of Oregon.

Way to kill more jobs

Les Schwab Tire Centers Pays $2 Million to Settle Hiring Discrimination
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today that it has resolved its gender-based hiring class lawsuit against Les Schwab Tire Centers of Washington, et al., and Les Schwab Tire Warehouse, Inc. for $2,000,000 and other corrective measures.

"The EEOC will continue to investigate employers and industries that have put women in certain types of jobs, and men in others. We hope Les Schwab becomes a model employer of women in the male-dominated tire industry."

The company is based in Bend, Oregon.

In related news I am currently preparing a lawsuit against both Ladies Home Journal and Cosmopolitan magazines for not featuring enough articles on power tools, work boots and trucks.

I am also going to do my part to fight this political correct nonsense and make sure that I don't allow any woman to change my tires at Les Schwab. Affirmative action employees aren't really the people I want touching the part of my vehicle that needs to contact the road when I'm going 65mph.

Government acronyms are running wild

Police act swiftly after gun purchases
Concerns about an Oregon Department of Transportation employee who purchased several guns after being placed on leave prompted law enforcement across Southern Oregon to step in.

ODOT Communications Director Patrick Cooney said there were administrative, personnel matters involved that limited what the department could discuss.

However, the state agency had reported concerns about the man to law enforcement agencies, who started monitoring him, officials said.

Authorities were "extremely concerned" that the man may have been planning to retaliate against his employers, the news release said.

"Instead of being reactive, we took a proactive approach," OSP Sgt. Jeff Proulx said.

Police are holding the weapons for safekeeping, but no criminal charges have been filed.

ODOT: the same agency that wants to put a GPS device in your car. Perhaps this will facilitate the issuing of proactive speeding tickets.

OSP: arresting your for things that you haven't done but that a government worker imagines you could possibly do.

Several lessons should be taken from this. First, buy private. It is clear that the background checks are being used for more than just making sure that you can legally purchase a firearm.

Second, where is the Oregon ACLU? These guys have wild nightmares of an out-of-control government keeping child-porn out of taxpayer funded libraries but can't seem to comment on a citizen being taken from his home in the middle of the night on the whim of government officials?
Third, we aren't paranoid if they really are out to get us.

The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.